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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Rev Al's car pulled over doing 110
2005-08-29
CRAWFORD, Texas — A driver for the Rev. Al Sharpton led Ellis County Sheriff's deputies on a nine-mile chase at speeds up to 110 mph before state troopers stopped the car, authorities said. The driver was rushing Sharpton to the airport after his visit anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Sunday at her camp outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford.
Couldn't get away from her fast enough, huh?
The car carrying Sharpton and two other passengers was clocked doing 110 mph in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 35 in Ellis County in North Texas, said Lt. Danny Williams. The car ignored deputies' attempts to stop it and continued speeding and weaving in and out of traffic before it was stopped, Williams said.
Brief, glorious vision of the Rev face down on a Texas highway
Calls Monday to Sharpton's spokeswoman were not immediately returned. A spokesman for his attorney, Michael Hardy, referred inquiries to the spokeswoman. Deputies arrested Jarrett Barton Maupin, 43, of Phoenix. Maupin told the officers he was hurrying to get Sharpton to the airport. Deputies impounded the rented 2005 Lincoln. Williams said his officers offered Sharpton and the other, unidentified passengers a ride to a hotel across the highway, but they declined and walked there instead. Maupin posted a total of $1,000 in bonds on charges of evading arrest with a vehicle and reckless driving.
Posted by:Steve

#17  Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen?

Bet yer ass, boy. A freakin' classic...
Posted by: mojo   2005-08-29 23:39  

#16  The righteous rev. doth have his car driven by the hired help way too fast. Driver's got a hearing and vision problem too it seems. Says alot about Sharp Al though we already knew the basics of the ugliness.
Posted by: MunkarKat   2005-08-29 23:31  

#15  Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-29 22:58  

#14  Alaska Paul, I can hear that Texas Boggie beat in the backround. Time to dig out the CD with both Hot Rod Linclon and Hot Rod Race on it.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003LGS/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/104-3796213-7005528?v=glance
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2005-08-29 22:48  

#13  please, Muck! You think Rev Al wouldn't go down on Dodie Fayed in the back of a Limo for money?

/inappropriateness, but true
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-29 22:39  

#12  //#6 Damn, I was hoping for a Princess Di ending!
Posted by Thraise Thaper4613 2005-08-29 17:19|| Front Page|| Comment Top
//

go away!
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-08-29 22:06  

#11  crawford need Seann Penn for the hat trick..
Posted by: macofromoc   2005-08-29 21:15  

#10  If these guys were so pressed for time, one would think that they would have hired a helicopter to take the Rev. Al (*ahem*) Sharpton to the airport. Of course, that would have blown the shakedown budget.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-08-29 19:57  

#9  you would hope think the g force from the bling medallions would do neck damage going that fast
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-29 19:20  

#8  AP - Beat me to it. Good snippet.

The driver was rushing Sharpton to the airport after his visit anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Sunday at her camp outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford.
He must have heard about the next biggest concentration of TV cameras somewhere else.
Posted by: eLarson   2005-08-29 19:01  

#7  Something tells me the Deputies nowadays are too PC to say, "You in a heapa trouble, boy."
Posted by: Xbalanke   2005-08-29 17:34  

#6  Damn, I was hoping for a Princess Di ending!
Posted by: Thraise Thaper4613   2005-08-29 17:19  

#5  Only 17? Well you gotta show THE MAN that you mean business early if you want to set yourself up for a life of no heavy lifting. I'll bet that's the first lesson in the Al Sharpton Training Manual.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-08-29 17:06  

#4  Correction: the car's driver was Jarrett Maupin Sr. The candidate is Jarrett Jr. and he's only 17 years old...
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-08-29 17:00  

#3  Kid Sharpton: Jarret Maupin is the reverend Al's handpicked protégé. Is Phoenix City Hall ready?

Jarrett Maupin is running for the Phoenix City Council. Motto: "Putting the people back in politics." He links to Air America, the AZ Dem party, the Mexican American Political Association, and Chicanos por la Causa.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-08-29 16:54  

#2  What can I say. Bitch be creepin me out...
Do you know who I am, officer?
Posted by: Rev. Al Sharpton   2005-08-29 16:49  

#1  [....]
Well, I wound it up to 110;
Twisted the speedometer cable right off the end.
Had my foot glued right to the floor;
I said, "That's all there is - there ain't no more.

Now the fellas thought I'd lost all sense;
The telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, "Slow down, I see spots."
The lines on the road just looked like dots.

Went around a corner and passed a truck;
I crossed my fingers just for luck -
The fenders clickin' the guard rail post;
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.

Smoke was rollin' outta the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
I knew I could catch him and hoped I could pass
But when I did I'd be short on gas.

There were flames comin' from out of the side;
You could feel the tension; man, what a ride.
I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly"
And the Cadillac pulled over and let me by.

All of a sudden a rod started knockin';
Down in the depths she started a rockin'.
I looked in the mirror and a red light was blinkin';
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln.

Well they arrested me and put me in jail.
I called my pop to make my bail.
He said, 'Son, you're gonna drive me t' drinkin',
If you don't quit drivin' that - Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!'
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-08-29 16:46  

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